May 3, 2026, Atul Ingle
Low-cost ultra-high-speed imager using spatio-temporal encodingIn a preprint titled "Low-cost passive single-shot ultrafast imaging at 685 Gfps" Eşlik et al write: Capturing ultrafast transient phenomena conventionally requires streak cameras or computational imaging based on compressed sensing, which lead to complex and costly systems.
April 10, 2026, Atul Ingle
Photonics article on single-photon detectors industry use-casesLink: https://www.photonics.
April 6, 2026, Atul Ingle
SmartSens unveils 1" 50MP HDR CISLink: https://www.gizmochina.com/2026/03/27/smartsens-sc5a6xs-1inch-50mp-sensor-launch/SmartSens unveils SC5A6XS 1-inch 50MP sensor, brings advanced HDR tech, 4K 120fps supportChinese image sensor maker SmartSens has introduced a new camera sensor aimed at flagship smartphones.
March 28, 2026, Dave
Conference List - September 2026IEEE 2026 International Conference on Multisensor Fusion and Integration for Intelligent Systems - 2-4 September 2026 - Pilsen, Czechia - WebsiteIEEE European Solid-State Electronics Research Conference - 7-10 September 2026 - Palma de Mallorca, Spain - WebsiteThe 12th International Workshop on Semi...
March 19, 2026, Atul Ingle
Is Huawei developing its own image sensor?Link: https://www.huaweicentral.com/huaweis-first-1-inch-camera-sensor-is-ready-with-new-imaging-tech/Huawei’s first 1-inch camera sensor is ready with new imaging tech ...This new sensor is a 50MP camera with a 1/1.3-inch format.
March 9, 2026, Atul Ingle
Paper on FSI vs BSI for SPADsIn a paper titled "" Eom et al. from Yonsei University, EPFL, Sungkyunkwan University and TruPixel, Inc.
March 5, 2026, Atul Ingle
Teledyne e2v announces camera with angle-sensitive pixelsFrom globalnewswire: https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/03/05/3249875/0/en/Teledyne-e2v-Introduces-Perciva-5D-Camera-Occlusion-free-3D-Vision-for-Industrial-Retail-and-Robotic-Imaging.
February 25, 2026, Dave
Conference List - August 2026The 3rd International Conference on AI Sensors and Transducers - 2–7 August 2026 - Jeju, South Korea - WebsiteBNL Physics and Detector Simulation Meeting - 11 August 2026 - Zoom online - WebsiteInternational Conference on Particle Accelerators and Detector Technologies (ICPADT-26) - 21-2...
February 18, 2026, Atul Ingle
ForzaFAST581high-speed global-shutter CIS paperAgarwal et al. from Forza Silicon (Pasadena, CA) published a paper titled "High-Frame-Rate Low-Noise Global Shutter CMOS Image Sensor for High-Speed Machine Vision" in the IISW special issue of MDPI Sensors journal.Open access link: https://www.mdpi.
February 9, 2026, Atul Ingle
Paper on 3D-stacked InGaAs/InP SPADIn a "hot-off-the-press" paper in Optics Express titled "Room-temperature, 96×96 pixel 3D-stacked InGaAs/InP SPAD sensor with complementary gating for flash LiDAR", Yildirim et al.
February 5, 2026, Gordon Laing
Canon RF 14mm f1.4L VCM reviewThe Canon RF 14mm f1.4L VCM expands their hybrid series to six prime lenses with the widest-angle to date.
January 30, 2026, Atul Ingle
Sony releases image stabilizer chipLink: https://www.sony-semicon.com/en/products/lsi-ic/stabilizer.
January 27, 2026, Thomas
Nikon Z 24-105mm f4-7.1 review so farThe Nikon Z 24-105mm f4-7.1 is an affordable, small, and light zoom. Find out how it compares to other Nikkor zooms in my review so far.
January 22, 2026, Atul Ingle
Synthetic aperture imagerLink: scitechdaily.com/this-breakthrough-image-sensor-lets-scientists-see-tiny-details-from-far-away/Open-access paper: Multiscale aperture synthesis imager https://www.nature.
April 26, 2026, Atul Ingle
ICCP 2026 posts call for posters & demos, registrations openCall for posters and demos: https://iccp2026.iccp-conference.
April 21, 2026, Thomas
Voigtlander 28mm f2 APO-Lanthar reviewCosina has extended their line of acclaimed Voigtländer APO-Lanthar designs on the wide end with a new 28mm f2 lens. Find out if its optical qualities makes this an attractive manual focus lens for you in my review.
April 8, 2026, Atul Ingle
AlpsenTek raises another round of funding for its hybrid vision sensorAlpsenTek Completes Series B+ as Hybrid Vision Sensors Become a New Gateway to the AI-Powered Physical WorldSHENZHEN, China — March 17, 2026 — AlpsenTek, a pioneer in hybrid vision sensor technology, today announced the completion of a Series B+ financing round and the total fund-rasing has surp...
April 2, 2026, Atul Ingle
Sony announces new image sensor IMX908[Update Apr 6, 2026: a previous version of this post incorrectly said "global shutter" in the title.] Sensor specs: https://www.sony-semicon.com/en/products/is/security/security/IMX908.htmlNews: https://www.sony-semicon.com/en/news/2026/2026031701.
March 28, 2026, Dave
Conference List - September 2026IEEE 2026 International Conference on Multisensor Fusion and Integration for Intelligent Systems - 2-4 September 2026 - Pilsen, Czechia - WebsiteIEEE European Solid-State Electronics Research Conference - 7-10 September 2026 - Palma de Mallorca, Spain - WebsiteThe 12th International Workshop on Semi...
March 24, 2026, Gordon Laing
Panasonic Lumix TZ300 ZS300 reviewThe Panasonic Lumix TZ300 is a super-zoom compact which packs a 1in-type sensor and 15x optical zoom into a pocket-sized body.
March 19, 2026, Atul Ingle
Is Huawei developing its own image sensor?Link: https://www.huaweicentral.com/huaweis-first-1-inch-camera-sensor-is-ready-with-new-imaging-tech/Huawei’s first 1-inch camera sensor is ready with new imaging tech ...This new sensor is a 50MP camera with a 1/1.3-inch format.
March 6, 2026, Thomas
Nikon Z 70-200mm f2.8 VR S II reviewNikon's Z 70-200mm f2.8 VR S II has a promising new optical formula and improved features. Find out how it compares to its predecessor and the alternative from Tamron in my review.
March 3, 2026, Atul Ingle
New Leadership at Bharat SemiDr Boyd Fowler has joined as the Chief Technology Officer at Bharat Semi, an Indian sensor/semiconductor startup.
February 24, 2026, Atul Ingle
QVGA SPAD dToF sensor paperKuijk et al from Vrije University and Sony Depthsensing Belgium published a paper titled "320 × 240 SPAD Direct Time-of-Flight Image Sensor and Camera Based on In-Pixel Correlation and Switched-Capacitor Averaging" in the special IISW issue of Sensors journal.
February 16, 2026, Atul Ingle
Himax full year financial results for 2025 are outhttps://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/02/12/3236971/8267/en/Himax-Technologies-Inc-Reports-Fourth-Quarter-and-Full-Year-2025-Financial-Results-Provides-First-Quarter-2026-Guidance.
February 6, 2026, Atul Ingle
Passive SPAD simulator and datasetPreprint: https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.12850In a preprint titled "Accurate Simulation Pipeline for Passive Single-Photon Imaging" Suonsivu et al. write:Single-Photon Avalanche Diodes (SPADs) are new and promising imaging sensors.
February 4, 2026, Atul Ingle
Samsung's US fab for iPhone CISTheElec reported in August 2025 that Samsung plans to use its Austin, Texas fab to make sensors for future iPhones:https://www.thelec.net/news/articleView.
January 28, 2026, Atul Ingle
EETimes Prophesee articleEETimes article about Prophesee's new CEO's plans:https://www.eetimes.
January 26, 2026, Atul Ingle
Sony's global shutter image sensor in JSSCIn a recent paper titled "A 5.94-μm Pixel-Pitch 25.2-Mpixel 120-Frames/s Full-Frame Global Shutter CMOS Image Sensor With Pixel-Parallel 14-bit ADC", Sakakibara et al. from Sony Semiconductor Solutions (Japan) write:We present a 25.
January 20, 2026, Atul Ingle
Eric Fossum receives 2026 Draper Prize for EngineeringLink: https://home.dartmouth.edu/news/2026/01/eric-fossum-awarded-draper-prize-engineeringEric R. Fossum, the John H. Krehbiel Sr.
April 21, 2026, Dave
Conference List - October 2026VISION - 6-8 October 2026 - Stuttgart, Germany - WebsitePhotonics Spectra Sensing Technologies Summit 2026 - 7 October 2026 - Online - WebsiteOptica Laser Congress and Exhibition - 11-15 October 2026 - Vilnius, Lithuania - WebsiteASNT Annual Conference - 12-15 October 2026 -...
April 8, 2026, Atul Ingle
AlpsenTek raises another round of funding for its hybrid vision sensorAlpsenTek Completes Series B+ as Hybrid Vision Sensors Become a New Gateway to the AI-Powered Physical WorldSHENZHEN, China — March 17, 2026 — AlpsenTek, a pioneer in hybrid vision sensor technology, today announced the completion of a Series B+ financing round and the total fund-rasing has surp...
March 28, 2026, Dave
Conference List - September 2026IEEE 2026 International Conference on Multisensor Fusion and Integration for Intelligent Systems - 2-4 September 2026 - Pilsen, Czechia - WebsiteIEEE European Solid-State Electronics Research Conference - 7-10 September 2026 - Palma de Mallorca, Spain - WebsiteThe 12th International Workshop on Semi...
March 27, 2026, Atul Ingle
Curved large-format IR sensorPaper link: https://opg.optica.org/oe/fulltext.
March 23, 2026, Atul Ingle
STMicro Nvidia collabSTMicroelectronics accelerates global adoption and market growth of Physical AI with NVIDIA STMicroelectronics to integrate ST sensors, microcontrollers, and motor control solutions with NVIDIA robotics ecosystem to help developers design, train, and deploy humanoid robots and other physi...
March 17, 2026, Atul Ingle
Pointcloud's 4D FMCW lidar paper published in NatureSettembrini et al from Pointcloud GmbH (Zürich, Switzerland) published a paper titled "A large-scale coherent 4D imaging sensor" in Nature magazine.Link: https://www.nature.
March 5, 2026, Atul Ingle
Teledyne e2v announces camera with angle-sensitive pixelsFrom globalnewswire: https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/03/05/3249875/0/en/Teledyne-e2v-Introduces-Perciva-5D-Camera-Occlusion-free-3D-Vision-for-Industrial-Retail-and-Robotic-Imaging.
February 27, 2026, Atul Ingle
LOFIC CIS paperKitajima et al. from Ritsumeikan University published a paper titled "An LOFIC Image Sensor Readout Circuit with an On-Chip HDR Merger Achieving 36.5% Area and 14.9% Power Reduction" as an extended version of work presented at 2025 IEEE Sensors conference.
February 24, 2026, Atul Ingle
QVGA SPAD dToF sensor paperKuijk et al from Vrije University and Sony Depthsensing Belgium published a paper titled "320 × 240 SPAD Direct Time-of-Flight Image Sensor and Camera Based on In-Pixel Correlation and Switched-Capacitor Averaging" in the special IISW issue of Sensors journal.
February 13, 2026, Atul Ingle
CIS startup MetaSilicon raises over $40mhttps://www.startupresearcher.com/news/metasilicon-secures-over-usd43-2-million-in-series-a-fundingMetaSilicon, a designer of high-dynamic CMOS image sensors, has successfully closed its A+ financing round, securing over $43.2 million.
February 11, 2026, Atul Ingle
IR sensor tech firm Senseeker acquires Axis MachineSanta Barbara, California (February 11th, 2025) - Senseeker Corp, a leading innovator of digital infrared image sensing technology, can now respond to customer requirements more quickly and thoroughly through the acquisition of Axis Machine (Santa Barbara, California) by Senseeker Machining Company ...
February 5, 2026, Gordon Laing
Canon RF 7-14mm f2.8-3.5L Fisheye reviewThe Canon RF 7-14mm f2.8-3.5L Fisheye zoom is their first traditional Fisheye lens for the EOS R mirrorless system, delivering both circular and diagonal images on full-frame bodies.
February 2, 2026, Atul Ingle
Canon's weighted photon counting SPAD arrayIn June 2025 Canon announced an HDR SPAD sensor that performs weighted counting (as opposed to simply accumulating photon counts): https://global.canon/en/news/2025/20250612.
January 28, 2026, Atul Ingle
EETimes Prophesee articleEETimes article about Prophesee's new CEO's plans:https://www.eetimes.
January 25, 2026, Dave
Conference List - July 20262nd International Conference on Optical Imaging and Detection Technology (OIDT 2026) - 3-5 July 2026 - Yulin, China - WebsiteNew Developments in Photodetection - 6-10 July 2026 - Troyes, France - Website11th International Smart Sensor Technology Exhibition - 8-10 July 2026 - Goyang, South Korea...
